cortisone

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Chemical structure of cortisone
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Shortening of corticosterone.

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cortisone (countable and uncountable, plural cortisones)

  1. (biochemistry, steroids, pharmacology) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5.

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cortisone f (plural cortisones)

  1. cortisone

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cortisone m (plural cortisoni)

  1. cortisone

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